New Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice and Vice Chief Justice Announced

This just in from the Arizona Supreme Court:Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch has been chosen as the court's new Chief Justice.Berch was selected by the court to serve a five-year term as Chief Justice following the July 1st retirement of the current Chief, Ruth McGregor. Berch's...
By Ray SternMarch 26, 2009
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This just in from the Arizona Supreme Court:

Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch has been chosen as the court’s new Chief Justice.

Berch was selected by the court to serve a five-year term as Chief Justice following the July 1st retirement of the current Chief, Ruth McGregor.

Berch’s ascension left an opening for Vice Chief: The court put Justice Andrew Hurwitz in that spot.

Click here for a PDF document containing the court’s news release and judge bios.

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He’s won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club’s Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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